{"id":405577,"date":"2026-09-20T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405577\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:28:15","slug":"wax-figures-lose-hair-break-fingers-and-battle-florida-humidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405577\/","title":{"rendered":"Wax figures lose hair, break fingers and battle Florida humidity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A celebrity preserved at one point in time<\/p>\n<p>Details hidden beneath clothing or hair may be fully reproduced. Artists document tattoos, freckles, moles and scars during the research process. A heavily tattooed celebrity can require substantially more reference photography so every design can be replicated in the correct size and location.<\/p>\n<p>Clothing receives similar attention. Celebrities sometimes donate pieces they have worn, including the suit displayed on the museum\u2019s Pitbull figure. When an original garment is unavailable, artists may work with its designer to recreate the complete look through fabric, tailoring, jewelry and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>The figures are not continuously altered to reflect every new hairstyle, tattoo or fashion choice. Each one generally preserves the celebrity at a specific point in life or during a particular stage of a career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really to capture that one specific time, to celebrate that period of their career, their history, like a photograph would be,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n<p>The attraction launched 14 Taylor Swift figures at once, each representing a different era with varying poses, costumes, styling and settings. Orlando received a version inspired by Swift\u2019s \u201cReputation\u201d era.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a photo from Orlando in 2024 with Taylor Swift figure in a different look than her current appearance in the same location.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"379804\" alt=\"Taylor Swift figure in 2024 at Madame Tussauds Orlando\" class=\"wp-image-379804 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Taylor-Swift-figure-in-2024-at-Madame-Tussauds-Orlando-Photo-by-Dani-Meyering.jpeg\"  data-\/>Taylor Swift figure in 2024 at Madame Tussauds Orlando.<br \/>Photo by Dani Meyering<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" data-id=\"379805\" alt=\"Taylor Swift figure Reputation at Madame Tussauds Orlando \" class=\"wp-image-379805 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Taylor-Swift-figure-Reputation-at-Madame-Tussauds-Orlando-Photo-by-Matt-Roseboom-scaled.jpeg\"  data-\/>Taylor Swift figure Reputation era at Madame Tussauds Orlando.<br \/>Photo by Matt Roseboom<\/p>\n<p>She described each figure as a three-dimensional photograph guests can step inside.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our YouTube video below for the full tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A celebrity preserved at one point in time Details hidden beneath clothing or hair may be fully reproduced.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[323,16695,10749,15018,2310,161161,4779,139,141,140,35274,20895],"class_list":["post-405577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-celebrities","tag-icon-park","tag-international-drive","tag-interview","tag-interviews","tag-madame-tussauds","tag-museums","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-taylor-swift","tag-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}